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Summary: This blog post describes an easy way to get basic Azure VM configuration with Azure PowerShell As an IT-Pro, I love using PowerShell to get easy access to information, without needing to click through interfaces. This is getting more important every day as the User Interface (especially for Azure and Office 365) have been changing Read more about Azure PowerShell – Get basic VM configuration[…]

Summary: This blog post describes why you do not need the SharePoint Online Management Shell anymore! If you worked with PowerShell for SharePoint Online in the last year, you had to download a new PowerShell console from: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35588. On the 31st of August 2018 Microsoft released a new* PowerShell module to the PowerShell gallery: Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell. This Read more about SharePoint Online Management PowerShell module[…]

Introduction Are you tired of remembering all those cmdlets to connect to Exchange Online, SharePoint Online. So many different cmdlets for the different services. With this PowerShell module you don’t need to remember anything (not even your password!) I published my first PowerShell module to the PowerShell Gallery: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Office365.Connect/. The module contains 2 cmdlets that you Read more about PowerShell – Easy & secure connection to Office 365[…]

Summary: This blog post provides a PowerShell script that creates a site collection for each SharePoint WebTemplate available. I found that after years of consulting, I still didn’t know all the web templates SharePoint has to offer, so I decided to create a PowerShell script that creates a site collection for each web template. It Read more about Creating a site collection for each web template[…]

Summary: This blog post describes how to get document previews for SharePoint Online and SharePoint on-premises results after configuring Cloud Hybrid Search. After setting up Cloud Hybrid Search, you might find that document previews are working for your SharePoint Online content, but not for your on-premises content. Microsoft uses Office Online Server (OOS) in Office Read more about Document previews using Cloud Hybrid Search[…]

Office 365 Mail has an option that allows you to chat with your contacts using Skype for Business without leaving the browser. This feature was announced in June 2015: https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2015/06/08/new-user-experiences-in-office-365-on-the-web/ However, Microsoft changed the way this works for some tenants. Clicking the Skype for Business icon now, results in the following: It pushes me to Start Read more about Office 365 Mail pushing Microsoft Teams[…]

Summary: This blog post will show you how to configure Hybrid Auditing in SharePoint 2016. It will also point out some considerations when deploying this new feature. Microsoft released a new hybrid feature for SharePoint 2016: Hybrid Auditing. This feature will automatically upload your on-premises user activity logs to Office 365, so administrators can generate reports Read more about All you need to know about Hybrid Auditing in SharePoint 2016[…]

Summary: This post will describe all things to keep in mind when configuring Hybrid Taxonomy. Microsoft released Hybrid Taxonomy in preview for SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016 on-premises. This makes it possible to replicate terms between your on-premises SharePoint farm and SharePoint Online. For more information on hybrid taxonomy, see https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Configure-hybrid-SharePoint-taxonomy-Preview-dd287a75-09e0-403e-974e-4cc84a152815 1. Term limit In SharePoint on-premises (2010, Read more about Hybrid taxonomy considerations[…]

Summary: This post provides an overview of all hybrid SharePoint features that were released by Microsoft for SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016. During Ignite 2016 in Atlanta, Microsoft released some really cool hybrid features, that I would like to share some information about. The really cool thing about this is that they are not only Read more about Hybrid features in SharePoint 2013 and 2016[…]